Method of producing building slabs



AUS 8, 1933- l R. HEDRlcH 1,920,982 A Y METHOD OF PRODUCING BUILDINGSLABS Filed Feb. 17, 1950 l bf 'l/L, w k

Patented Auggs, 1933 f-My iiventiii rla method-@riprodurring buildingslabs and the priricipalobjectof my el tively/simple and I; wh" by*baiidingi slabs n convenientljfand incoverixiA jroofslf" of producingbuilding lSlazvs-from"clay other?, ctslliiviei'v thevar'ous steps here?panyi Side i ay iitilizedforfouttig albloclgofplastie mtrial,mtqaisere's 0f superimposed Slabsad imp@ F vedjzzpethoi.

het): 1 the build ose. theiluelsy or heated ir circulation spaces l I.IDI @l methOd With'fh `llilstratedin Fig. ,LSU/05m11- `tia11lyrectangular blocks 10 of Clay orthe earthf ren substances in plasti:,corxditi,are` periodically @running-portion of aflielt ApplsatieFeliriialv, 1930K@ SefiaiN. 425,066, y

" maas.ifwissfisei 'rfangedin the massief-tais] tatie rights 'aretransversely .solas to of said; slabs l'l .fis suoliy that? :whentheyfareV properly dried and burnedL they will form ri'ished pieces:thatmay :be vernployeda shingle utile.; or

for thepackage during spaced fai-pari:v are amasar-'sied uprigiits sansarrangedbetween-menager ends @f y j The firstonjof the wifes atthe':rece1li/ing'1 end of the beit'y or' endless saffier oc'iupi'es'iiorizontai portion s",A

f The sucoeedingtrarisyersewi 1 l 3earranged in material ,is carried,past :the succeeding Wires fthe as wall-'or floorstile; f sa i f Thuswhen the blockyofp .astio materialreaohes the endofthe.beltiorgeonveyor',twllfhaveibeen l I dividedlengthwiseionhorizontal fpl'anes top iorm aseries of*` slabsfofunirform-thiknessfanda'single slab f orlayer; fat; the ,bottqmof the -vpackage and,Whiohsingleslabgor ayerwis subs'tantaI-Iylthinner thank thaslabs xorguniformlthielgness and said 9 5 vvlower thirilayersrestimgfdirectlyiupon thebase or f Owing-imma@ heey ivf,therapkase .111edry ,110

without warpingor without the curling up of` the ends of the slabs andwhich' undesirable result very frequently occurs in thel packages ofslabs while the same are being dried and particularly the end portionsot the upper one or two-of the Vpackage of slabs. f Thus the relativelythin slabfor layer 16 pro vides a -body ofV superimposed kslabs whilethe sanie aredrying and as Ya'result there is a very low percentage o!loss of the slabs 'durin the drying operation.

Further, the provision yofthe coveringvslabon layerv on top of the:th'elforma tion of the socalled scum.r or-unsightly .disrcolorationwhich in some materials4 and red burning clays,'develops when the facesoftheV or formed slbsae exposdto-'the fresh rmolded air while drying.

After thepackages have been properly dried from thepauetsfis vanrtheyare-set on edge in vtiers'gin'thekilnyand eachA lum-Used s; *hlt/itoccupieswansular ithgreppect to `the next adjacent packages. VAwith sidesfwes `015i thefpckases in Various arr l ithe packagesflwhen illustratedin 4', 5 ,and 6 jes); result 'at .theax'rangement01E-.the packwewes-orda@ are-*formed :the throughout `thelheight of the piles thus`tree circulauw e'. heat the' riied Packages and as flrthefoutside slabsinakerconeachother iiS mPOSSiblefor the Aouter 'ithas general practice'to mang'vtne. s v"parallel iwitlifacl'otner-'in sentieri-or' between thesides of the packages and where this is done'it the outerfslab of apartage fall awayfroni `the other' slabs and.

' In' 4or nues between' thetiers of packages will beclo'sedgcorsequently m um t,the`fsli.bs' liie'a'chfpckdge-arepreemulation` ortnpt--upf iwi! ftneantrmediate f einsam`thereofclcisnig'faire s'irfspacesvorlnues.

3mm retirement infine pn is vsnghiyfielhiul-pitn mpeg ttonie the endsofVthe cor'rtact witlr'each other the slabsfinkeach are retained invproperAfter the packages have been properlyred =`the slabs' Tforming thedivided alongth'e linesy of cleavage cuvcx'jfslabsarediscarded.` I wmarnayve nimm ng. 1 a relativen-smilie :swimmers w aliadas? the ctheimatheA disposed parallelplanes to.' form,packagesV of y aannemen bm mepackagj*schneider-mgm@ or nung' and practical form of apparatus for dividingthe blocks of plastic material into packages of slabs, it vwill beunderstood that any other convenient form of lapparatusthat willaccomplish practically the same result may be utilized. Further it willbe noted that each block is out in horizontal planes to form the..superimposed, slabs and this'is an advantage torthe reasiithat theweight of vthe slabs one upon the other, bonds the same toreach other toa sumcient degree so that each block of slabs may be readily handledwhen r'inovedgwith the pallet from the carrier and all dfftheslabslofzeach block will retain their proper positions without tendencyto separate from Thusit will be sn that I have provided a relativelysimplerrandmily practiced method for producing .building slabs and whichmethod is highly elective in minimizing losses during manueetuireendthsferedwtien L interior wbstandardslabsz i l .1 .Y f `IYV claim'asfrny'v intention 1. -The herein.. 0I produoinl building, slabs-wm was@sequentially dividing hloclcsotfplastic material .onfhorizontal planesVso as to produce packages, .each .comprisl ing' a pluralityslalls,tone; ot .whlohzis thimzter.` than.the others,;arranging. saidso, that thethin .slabsfare on iop,V thendrying ages,the/narranging-,saidtpackages inftiers Vwith the Slabs eli-e4@md'fvixuwkfv age disposed atY an. anglerelative to. the.next.ad

VJ'acerit .packageland with thend the @menaces .f the Outer at oppositecorners-'thereof incontat with l Quterias'foi thebutenslabs .ofthenextnadbuilding-,siate which in'. ,sequeuumy dividing blocks'ofpmsticmteml onhorizcntauy 1 parallellplanes so asta form packages.

V'slabs arranging Vsaid, lpaokages in timwithth slabsverticallyldisposedland withonlrthe end psiteiyj disposed corners'themsmmntawah le20 each other .and then.

3. The herein described building slabs A which? sequentially dividingblocks of .plasticmaterialon horizontally l slabs, one. of theouterls'lahs 'ollsghv package. bef nthan the..,other.slabs inthepackage, said i-.packages,withy they.A ,slabs upprmost, then drying saidpackages, thnrrm ingfsaid packages. so thatthe slabsthereinaare lYiv'e'r'tic'ally disposed. then Said VD Bfckagea vin;tie'zrswith Yeachpackagesoccupying mangular 'position with, respectto thed'entpackge'fwiththe verticaLedgesf at an oppositely, disposed ofcorners ot each packagefincontact l 'with each 'other and then burningsaid packages. 4. The herein describedmethod `of producingbuildingfslabs which consists in cutting. substantially rectangularblocks l of. ff plastic 'lengthwise to 'orm.packages of lsuperimposed M0tiallir rectangular blocks of plastic material lengthwise' to form.packages of superimposed slabs then drying said packages, thenarranging' said packages in tiers, with the packages in each tierdisposed substantially at right angles rela- Y y*tive to the packages inthe next adjacent'tiers with the slabs in saidpackages standing on edgeI and with each package occupying a horizontally disposed angularposition relatiye'to the next adjacent packages so that said packagesare in contact'l Vwith each otheronly at diagonally opposite corners ofsaid packages-and rthen burning ssd

